Bezirk Gera
District of Gera Bezirk Gera | |||||||||
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District (Bezirk) of East Germany | |||||||||
1952–1990 | |||||||||
Location of Bezirk Gera within the German Democratic Republic | |||||||||
Capital | Gera | ||||||||
Area | |||||||||
• 1989 | 4,004 km2 (1,546 sq mi) | ||||||||
Population | |||||||||
• 1989 | 742,000 | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 1952 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1990 | ||||||||
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Today part of | Germany |
The Bezirk Gera was a district (Bezirk) of East Germany. The administrative seat and main town was Gera.
History[edit]
The district was established, with the other 13, on 25 July 1952, replacing the old German states. After 3 October 1990 it was disestablished following German reunification, becoming again part of the state of Thuringia.
Geography[edit]
Position[edit]
The Bezirk Gera had borders with the Bezirke of Suhl, Erfurt, Halle, Leipzig and Karl-Marx-Stadt, as well as with West Germany.
Subdivision[edit]
The Bezirk was divided into 13 Kreise: 2 urban districts (Stadtkreise) and 11 rural districts (Landkreise):
- Urban districts : Gera; Jena.
- Rural districts : Eisenberg; Gera-Land; Greiz; Jena-Land; Lobenstein; Pößneck; Rudolstadt; Saalfeld; Schleiz; Stadtroda; Zeulenroda.